Late Modernity, Governmentality and Risk
1. What evidence can you see for the dispersal of surveillance techniques in modern society?
2. What is the difference between the ‘old penology’ and the ‘new penology’?
3. Can you think of ways in which the ‘risk society’ can be seen in current criminal justice practices?
4. To what extent are we seeing the emergence of a new culture of control?
Seminar Exercise: Think about all the theories of criminality we have discussed over the last couple of weeks. Which do you find most/least convincing, and why?